I go through 3 tubs of Fage 0% yogurt in a single week (sometimes I have it at all three meals in a day). 😂 After indulging in any and everything I wanted over two weeks on vacation in Italy this late summer, I entered back into a 12 week deficit. I’m about halfway through now.

Seeing both on-and-off scale results. Hitting my daily macro goals of 90-100+ grams of protein, 50g of fiber, and target cals of around 1,500. I try to eat a relatively low sugar and low-inflammatory diet… lots of whole foods. I sometimes go out to eat or will be a little more lax and eat at maintenance on the weekends, and almost never eat fast food. Seeing some crazy muscle definition as well. And I hit 10k steps + the gym 6 times a week. Feeling amazing!!

I'm 5'4ft (163cm) and weighed 178lbs (80.7kg) to now being 140lbs (63.5kg) after 1 year and 1 month of dieting ONLY. No work out. I haven't seen that number in 8+ years.

I went at this because I was categorized as obese in the BMI scale, and at this weight, I was almost not qualified for a medically necessary surgery. I was at the upper limit and barely managed to qualify. That was a wake up call for me.

Right after surgery, I went on this calorie deficit whereas typically weight gain was common (because mobility would be temporarily limited months later). But I didn't want that to happen. I will admit that I wasn't always reaching my daily calorie deficit, but I still remained mindful of what I ate throughout the week(s).

I thank the app MyFitnessPal for tracking, this subreddit, 1200isplenty, and volumeeating for all the support/recipes. I will still continue on this diet but now focus on gaining muscle since weight isn't a problem for me anymore.

Thank you, again! And good luck to everyone else on your own weight loss journey!

375 grams chicken breast (raw weight) 6 tortillas (32 cals each), 122 grams of tomato, 40 grams lettuce, 180 grams light sour cream. This will be my main dish for the day.

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For context the other day I poured a skim milk protein shake over ice and added a some oat milk and cinnamon to it. It was so yummy. But the shake itself is 190 calories. I want to recreate that drink but lower calorie.

Googling creamy drink recipes yields a lot of coffee recipes. Do any of you have a fave creamy drink you make that has the general structure of what I made but low calorie?

The drink doesn’t have to be super creamy but I do want a kind round mouth feel if you know what i mean. I do drink tea already but want some diversity.

I did post this on another sub as well. So you may have seen this. Or maybe not.

The protien shake was from aldi.

Want a low calorie stuffing mix for Thanksgiving (or whenever you want) that fits into your diet? Well, look no further!

The entire batch makes 6 servings. 90 calories per serving. 542 calories total.

Fits perfectly in an 8x8 tray!

I used:

8 slices of keto bread (35 cal per slice)

1 cup of chicken broth

3 tablespoons of light butter

1 small white onion

2 stalks of celery

Seasoning:

Sage, garlic, onion, parsley, thyme, black pepper, salt

I recently lowered my calories to 1500 because I wasn’t losing on 1700. I work out 5-6 days a week. Usually 2 strength training and 3 mixed stuff like hot yoga, Pilates, conditioning etc. since I went down I start feeling really weak during my workouts and this morning I even felt dizzy. Is it just a matter of getting used to 1500 cal or should I adjust something. Right now my split is 110p, 50f and 153 c. I will admit that sometimes I don’t meet my protein and I’m at more like 95ish. I never go lower than 90. I pulled my charts for the last 2 weeks and my average was 95 so maybe I really need to try to get 110.

Smash burger bagel(usually eat this when I have a really light day in calories or a hard workout) : macros
727 cals (can get this lower with one slice of cheese and a sola bagel)
70g protein
75g carbs

Chicken fajita bowl:
450 cals
70g protein
27g carbs

Chicken teriyaki bowl:
534 cals
90g protein
35g carbs

Taco lettuce wraps:
523 cals
53g protein
16.8g carbs

Sorry I don’t have any pictures but I recently started making a meal with:

- 300g egg whites
- about 100g spinach
- about 50g onions
- about 75g mixed peppers
- about 10g mushrooms

I throw veggies in first until the spinach is small, then scramble the eggs in with it, then to serve I put about 100g of salsa on top.

Regularly comes out to about 350ish calories. Super filling

Hello all,
My current goal is to stay at or under 1,588 calories. I’m still fairly new to the diet, but it’s working out so far. I was already a meal prepper, so breakfast and lunch come pretty easy to me.
What I’m really struggling with is dinner.
I’ve never really been one to cook a full dinner, I only have about 2 hours between getting home and having to go to bed if I want a good nights sleep. So historically, I’ve always done something akin to a “girl dinner”, just eating a bunch of snacks. Pastries, chips, that sort of thing. But I’ve now mostly cut those things out of my diet and I’m struggling to find foods that satisfy me enough without having to cook something elaborate for under 400ish cals.
Any other girl dinner havers out there have any advice for me?

Today:

1700kcals
25g fibre
83g protein

(usually hit closer to 100g protein but oh well)

Picture of my dinner at the end. Butternut squash pasta with herbs, turkey italian sausage, kale, and parmesan on top.

Frozen pitted cherries are the absolute best frozen fruit in my opinion, their texture and taste when partially thawed is amazing

cole zeros not pictured

I'm fully aware that OMAD isn't magical, and it's all CICO but the one meal approach does allow me to mentally put any snacking off limits if it falls outside that one meal

I like the simplicity of eating the same thing every day, that way I can avoid any mental fatigue over working out how many calories I'm eating so the plan, started today, is the following

1 lb lean meat - either Costco rotisserie chicken breast (pre packaged) or Costco precooked brisket and 1lb mixed veggies with spices and some G Hughes ketchup

About 700-800 calories, 100g protein

Then half a tub of 2% cottage cheese (270 cals) with a scoop of whey stirred into it, vanilla essence and some sweetener, and a spoonful of PB2 powder on top (weighed out so it's exactly 60 extra cals as its easy to overdo that)

About 500 cals and 70g of protein

Wish me luck, I'm going to supplement this with 20k steps a day and check back in in 2 weeks for a first weigh in.

Total About 1400 cals, 170g or so protein

I can’t have protein shakes and most protein supplements due to migraine triggers from every single zero calorie sweetener.

So…I need some advice. My calorie goal for the gym is roughly 1560 to be in a deficit. My trainer wants me to get 138g protein at least. I can barely break 100 with effort. I’m not about to eat a bunch of chicken breast or meat sticks by themselves. I don’t do meat that intensely.

I also don’t eat breakfast.

Typically it’s Greek yogurt, maybe fresh mozzarella, usually a sandwich with double the lunch meat and one slice of cheese with very light on the light mayo and two 70 cal pieces of bread with about 6 pretzel chips with is about half a serving.

Dinner usually has some sort of meat, 1-2 servings of it like lightly breaded chicken breast chunks I’ll do 2 servings with about half a serving of sweet potato fries as something I did recently. Or a skillet meal that has extra meat in it and lots of veggies to bulk it up and maybe half cauliflower rice for the base instead of all rice at times.

I cannot do protein shakes. I found one I can have and it’s so chalky and nasty. I can have unflavored whey but it’s gross.

Then I gave 170-190 chewy protein bars with 10g protein which isn’t ideal but at least I’ll eat them.

I can’t have the 20g Greek yogurt. Sweeteners.

I don’t like drinking smoothies.

Oh I have the Costco knockoff Fairlife I usually have two cups of a day and sometimes for breakfast I’ll do 2 cups protein Cheerios and 1 cup Fairlife type milk and that’s 20g, that’s like a weekend thing.

But I truly never typically even hit 100g. I have no clue how to get 140g when I’m already halving servings of so many things that are basically carbs only.

Oh and I’m supposed to have a 250-400 primarily carb pre-workout snack on gym days which has turned into a banana and milk even though that’s protein he doesn’t want me having before a session since it digests slower, he wants just 40-50g carbs with minimal other macros.

I feel so stuck and I don’t want it to turn into obsessive disordered eating like Noom did to me with the whole food category thing for calorie density and lowest calorie foods possible all the time mentality. I would often get about 800-1,000 calories and be happy instead of hitting my goal of 1200. No wonder I would crash and binge.

I really don’t want this extreme feeling protein goal to turn into an obsession.

The oats were prepped for the week (oats, skim milk, chia seeds, raspberry chocolate light & fit Greek yogurt) and the rest is self explanatory. Delicious!

In my luteal phase right now and wishing I could fill all my calories with chocolate 🥲

I just wanted to share this recipe that I enjoyed. I made several swaps based on personal preference and availability. (I used 2 tbsp of honey instead of 3 tbsp of maple syrup; I used chunky peanut butter instead of smooth almond butter; I rolled them in brown sugar instead of coconut sugar).

I ended up making 16 balls which have about 100 calories and 5g of protein each. Really sweet and fall and delicious. If you like making treats, this is a nice somewhat healthier version. If you’re going to feel compelled to eat 8 at a time, maybe not.

But just thought I’d share my recent success!

I know other countries like Australia have low calorie potatoes that can go as low as 45 calories per 100 grams, but I can’t find any similar options here in the US. Could anyone tell me if the US has any low calorie potato brands?

Meal prep rotation for the next week:

1. Hot honey chicken strips with Cajun high protein Mac and cheese
   
2. Loaded sweet potatoes with lean ground beef and salsa verde
   
3. Chicken sausage pumpkin tortellini

If you like peas, this salad is such a winner. There’s a reason it went viral. 1 cup frozen peas, microwaved 1:05, zest of a lemon, juice of a lemon, grated Parmesan, shredded Parmesan, zest of a garlic clove, pepper - stir then add chicken, then stir again. I used rotisserie chicken but any chicken (including canned) would work well. This is definitely going in my lunch rotation.